Tornadoes in U.S. at lowest level since at least 1954

5:56 AM,
May 13, 2013

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Nicole Young | The Tennessean and Doyle Rice | USA Today

Tennessee is seeing more tornadoes than usual this year, but there have been no deaths linked to twisters so far.

Since the beginning of 2013, the National Weather Service in Nashville has counted 34 tornadoes, with the majority of them, 22, happening on Jan. 30.

"We're trending above average ? and it is an anomalous thing because of that one day," said Trevor Boucher, a meteorologist with the weather service in Nashville. "We've already passed our average for tornadoes for this year." ...